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Provincetown, Massachusetts
Out-of-State
Couples:
Provincetown
continues to issue licenses to out-of-state same-sex couples intending
to reside in Massachusetts*. 1,732 same-sex couples file
marriage intentions in Provincetown since May 17, 2004.
| *As
of June 17, 2008, California
same sex couples no longer need to declare an intention to reside
in Massachusetts after marriage since California now offers
marriage to same sex couples in that state. |
| *Rhode
Island same-sex couples do not need to declare intentions
to reside in Massachusetts after marriage due to a September
2006 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that found
the Rhode Island laws do not explicitly prohibit same sex marriages. |
*As
of July 18, 2007, New Mexico
same sex couples also do not need to declare intentions to reside
in Massachusetts after marriage, since New Mexico's laws "do
not prohibit marriage between parties of the same gender." |
Beyond Goodridge: Provincetown is lead plaintiff in 12-town suit to
overturn 1913 statute. Read GLAD's
6-17-04 press release on the filing of litigation by Provincetown
and 11 other Massachusetts cities and towns seeking to overturn
the 1913 statute under which the Commonwealth is seeking to deny
issuance of marriage licenses to out-of-state same-sex couples not
intending to reside in Massachusetts. Read the complaint
and preliminary
injunction motion filed in the case of Douglas Johnstone
et al. v. Thomas Reilly et al.
Read the decision: Go
to SJC
website - click "opinions" and search for Sandra
COTE-WHITACRE & others vs. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH &
others (and a companion case). SJC-09436 March 30, 2006.
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Defending Same-Sex
Marriages: Town of Provincetown's Special Gift Fund. The
Provincetown Board of Selectmen has established a special
gift fund for the payment of legal expenses for proceedings
which may arise in implementing the Supreme Judicial Court's
Goodridge decision legalizing same-sex marriages in Massachusetts
and the Provincetown Selectmen's policy to issue marriage
licenses to all couples, whether residents of the Commonwealth
or not. Tax-deductible donations to this special gift fund
may be made to the "Town of Provincetown." You should
specify that the donation is for the "Same-Sex Marriage
Defense Fund" Contact the Town
Treasurer's Office at 508.487.7015 for more information
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Read
the Provincetown Board of Selectmen's May 10, 2004 Revised
Policy Statement relative to issuance of marriage licenses.
See the Notice
to Out-of-State Couples. Read Town Counsel's opinions of May
7, 2004 and March
12, 2004 Questions? Contact the
Town
Clerk.
Beyond May 17,
2004. The Mass. Supreme
Judicial Court's
Goodridge decision took effect on Monday,
May 17, 2004. On that first day, 154 same-sex
couples filed marriage intentions with the Provincetown Town Clerk;
in the first week,
217 couples;
in the first year, 962; and in two
years since the implementation of the Goodridge Decision, 1,282
-- as shown below. See
also 2004 Marriage Statistics
, 2005
Marriage Statistics
and 2006
Marriage Statistics for the Town of Provincetown.
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After
1 Day
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After
1 Week
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After
1 Year
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After
2 Years
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Provincetown, MA |
Monday,
May 17,2004
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May
17-21, 2004
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May
17, 2004 to May 16, 2005
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May
17, 2004 to May 16, 2006
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Notice of Intention of Marriage
filed |
154
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217
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963
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1,282
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| 1 |
Massachusetts residents |
110
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145
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421
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546
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| 2 |
Out-of-state residents; intention
to reside in Massachusetts |
39
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58
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528
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722
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| 3 |
Out-of-state residents; intention
not to reside in Massachusetts |
5
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14
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14
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14
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For more information contact:
Office
of the Town Clerk,
Town of Provincetown, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA
02657 (508) 487-7013.
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